Acclaimed drummer, producer, and sonic collagist Makaya McCraven releases four new singles today, one from each of his four upcoming EPs - Techno Logic, The People’s Mixtape, Hidden Out!, and PopUp Shop – that are out on all music platforms October 31st.

Today, Tortoise announce Touch, the first new album from the groundbreaking group since 2016.

Today, Chicago Underground Duo — the long-running project of composer/trumpeter/synthesist Rob Mazurek and composer/percussionist Chad Taylor — release Hyperglyph on all streaming platforms.

“Musically ambitious, exploratory, and principled, this is a necessary statement for our times.” - WIRE Magazine

Tom Skinner shares new single "Margaret Anne" - a deep living tribute to his mother

Internationally acclaimed drummer, producer, and sonic collagist Makaya McCraven returns to announce four distinct yet interconnected EPs – Techno Logic, The People’s Mixtape, Hidden Out!, and PopUp Shop – all released on music platforms October 31st

Hyperglyph is the first new album in 11 years from composer/trumpeter/synthesist Rob Mazurek and composer/percussionist Chad Taylor under the Chicago Underground Duo moniker.

Today, poet/vocalist Saul Williams and percussionist/producer Carlos Niño share “The Water Is Rising / as we surpass the firing squad . . .” featuring poet aja monet. It’s the second single from Williams and Niño’s first collaborative album Saul Williams meets Carlos Niño & Friends at TreePeople, out August 28 via International Anthem.

Today Chicago-based violist/composer Whitney Johnson, cellist/composer Lia Kohl, and violinist/composer Macie Stewart announce a new trio project with the release of BODY SOUND [STONE PIECE] on cassette.

Today, drummer-composer Tom Skinner announces Kaleidoscopic Visions, his second solo album, out September 26th via Brownswood Recordings and International Anthem. He has also revealed a run of US shows in October, with dates in Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia, plus a London performance at Queen Elizabeth Hall as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival.

Today Tortoise announce a series of special concerts to take place across October and November 2025.

We are honored to announce today Saul Williams meets Carlos Niño & Friends at TreePeople, the first collaborative album from poet/vocalist Saul Williams and percussionist/producer Carlos Niño, out August 28th, 2025. The album’s opener “Sound then Words” is available on all digital platforms today as lead single.

Today, the Los Angeles based duo of modular synthesist Jeremiah Chiu and violist Marta Sofia Honer release their new album Different Rooms on all streaming platforms (following its June 20th release on LP, CD, and digital download).

Today we're thrilled to announce Hyperglyph, the first new album in 11 years from composer/trumpeter/synthesist Rob Mazurek (Exploding Star Orchestra, Isotope 217, New Future City Radio with Damon Locks) and composer/percussionist Chad Taylor (jaimie branch’s Fly or Die, Marshall Allen’s Ghost Horizons, Luke Stewart’s Silt Trio) under the Chicago Underground Duo moniker, out August 15th, 2025.

“His solo work is much stranger and more intimate than almost anything else he’s involved in.”
Stereogum

Five New Takes on Their Recent Single by Saul Williams, Heba Kadry, Patrick Carney (the Black Keys), Broken Social Scene & Makaya McCraven

"Listening to this record is like wading through a rocky stream bubbling with meandering wisps of digitized nostalgia. That gentle feeling of peace only found on a listless summer evening with the beauty of this life wrapping you in a warm embrace." - Justin Smith, Euclid Records (Seattle, WA)